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We have developed a simple and sensitive method for the determination of propranolol in plasma samples. It is based on stir-bar sorptive extraction and HPLC with fluorescence detection. Extraction is accomplished with a nanocomposite consisting of polyaniline and multiwall carbon nanotubes that was electrochemically prepared on a steel pin. The extraction and desorption time, desorption solvent, ionic strength and pH value of sample matrix were optimized. The method has a linear (r = 0.9917) response to propranolol in the 0.1–15 ng mL−1 concentration range. Relative standard deviations of intra-day (n = 5) and inter-day (n = 3) assay precision are < 8.3 % and 10.4 %, respectively. The enrichment factor for plasma is 8.5, and the limit of detection is as low as 30 pg mL−1. Obviously, the use of nanotubes can largely improve the extraction efficiencies when compared to the performance of a plain polyaniline coating. The method was successfully applied to the determination of propranolol in spiked human plasma samples.
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Farhadi, K., Firuzi, M. & Hatami, M. Stir bar sorptive extraction of propranolol from plasma samples using a steel pin coated with a polyaniline and multiwall carbon nanotube composite. Microchim Acta 182, 323–330 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-014-1336-0
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